On ultrasound, it is generally anechoic and shows significant posterior acoustic enhancement (Fig. 1). As opposed to most solid lesions, particularly malignant ones, cysts are often compressible ...

Nineteen (61%) patients had cystadenomas ( Table 2). Eight lesions were located in the pancreatic head, three in the body, and eight in the tail. The mean tumor size was 3.4 cm (range 1.3-8.0 cm).